This is not really a chapter (although I wrote a short scene at the end, to not completely waste this space), but more of a disclaimer or a clarification.

I got a review saying that I painted out Logan to be the bad guy and I just wanted to say a few words about that and some other things.

This story is all from Jess' point of view and the thoughts about what happened that made Rory change are all Jess' – neither we nor him knows what really happened to make her change. Yet. All we have is different people's guesses as to what happened: Jess, Luke, Lorelai – all of which is placing blame on Logan, but that doesn't mean that their guesses are the truth.

I won't say too much, because I don't want to give out any spoilers. But there will definitely be more depth to the change than simply stating that 'Logan changed her 'cause he's a bad guy'.

And the sleeping with his secretary cliché – that's gossip that Jess heard and in which he conveniently chose to believe the part about Logan and not the part about Rory. We still don't know what's really true.

I just wanted to point that out, so I won't lose any readers because you're thinking I'm painting Logan out in a bad light. I'm not – but Jess is.

And it might seem unrealistic that Lorelai would call Jess seemingly out of the blue, but there will be more interaction between these two characters later on to straighten a few things out.

I have a grand plan for this story and everything that seems weird or out of place will (hopefully) make sense eventually.

So, that's all I had to say for now – I hope we're on the same page and that you'll continue reading.

I wrote a short scene just to give you a little something for listening to (or rather reading…) my ramblings.

* Happy New Year to you all! *

Jess held his phone in his one hand and the card Rory gave him in the other. With a sigh he placed them both down on the counter before him. To hell with it all, he thought. Why should he care?

He leaned his head back against the couch and closed his eyes. If she was happy despite the change – who was he to interfere with her life and try to change it back?

Sure, Lorelai didn't think she was happy – but what did she know if they didn't speak that much any longer? Maybe the rift between them was Lorelai's fault because she couldn't accept that Rory could be happy living that life?

She had never accepted Jess when he was dating Rory, what if it was Lorelai that had pushed Rory away because she didn't accept Logan?

Jess opened his eyes and leaned forward to grab his phone again. Before changing his mind he wrote a quick text and sent it to the cell number on the card.

Meet me for coffee?

He put the phone back on the table and rubbed his hands over his face. Just coffee. Coffee and talking.

If she seemed happy he would let it all go – he wouldn't interfere.

If she didn't seem happy… Well, then he would have to take some time and figure out if it really was worth the pain and heartbreak that was sure to come if he tried to intervene.